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Elliott Young Op/Ed: “New art exhibition raises questions about policing in Portland” in Portland Tribune
LC Professor of History Elliott Young has a new Op/Ed in The Portland Tribune entitled, “New art exhibition raises questions about policing in Portland.”
Elliott Young is professor of history at Lewis & Clark College and the author of “Forever Prisoners: How the United States Made the World’s Largest Immigrant Detention System.”
“Mujeres Amazónicas” Fight against Extractivism in Ecuador with Dr. Andrea Sempértegui
Join us for a talk by Dr. Andrea Sempértegui titled “Mujeres Amazónicas’ Fight against Extractivism in Ecuador.
Monday, November 20 in Smith Hall from 12:40pm to 1:40 pm
Professor Young’s New Course Offering: Migration and Asylum Lab
New course this Spring: Public History Lab: History 308
Tuesdays and Thursdays 1:50pm-3:20pm
This version of the course will focus on writing research reports on country conditions in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Venezuela and Cuba that can be useful for asylum cases.
The research will be published on the website for Stanford’s Migration & Asylum Lab. It is recommended to have had either Historical Materials or a methodology class in other major.
Consent of instructor is required so reach out to Professor Elliott Young (eyoung@lclark.edu) if interested. The course topic will vary in the future depending on instructor, but this version of it will count for the Latin American and Latino Studies Minor, and as a History elective.
Upcoming: Empires of the Dead with Christopher Heaney
This event is sponsored by the History, Ethnic Studies, Hispanic Studies, Latin American and Latino Studies and Sociology/Anthropology Departments
Professor’s Orchestral Suite Celebrates Indigenous Culture in Bolivia
Freddy Vilches, associate professor of Hispanic studies, composed a Latin American suite to help commemorate the 160th anniversary of Urubichá, Bolivia. In August, he traveled to the Bolivian town for a live performance, along with L&C orchestra director and Urubichá guest conductor Lance Inouye.
Professor Elliott Young compares Polk’s 19th century war against Mexico to Putin’s war against Ukraine in The Washington Post
Latin American History Professor Elliott Young recently authored a Washington Post OPED comparing Polk’s 19th century war against Mexico to Putin’s war against Ukraine. This insightful article composes a well rounded comparison of US land heist in Mexico and Putin’s recent invasion of Ukranian territory - showing more clearly than ever that history repeats itself. To read the article access this page.
Dr. Hugo Moreno wins medal for novel
Dr. Hugo Moreno received a silver medal in the 2021 International Latino Book Awards for his novel Where the North Ends.
Hispanic Studies Professor Recognized for Teaching Excellence
Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies Magalí Rabasa has received the Arnold L. and Lois S. Graves Award. The grant will allow Rabasa to pursue research on feminist economies of knowledge in the Americas over a two-year period. This summer, she will travel to New York to conduct research in the Interference Archive, a space that catalogues the cultural production of social movements.
NACLA - Sanctuary in the Trump Era
Dr. Elliott Young, Professor of History and Director of Ethnic Studies, published this article in the Huffington Post on 3rd of February, 2017.
Colleges And Universities Should Become Sanctuaries For The Undocumented
An article written by Prof. Elliott Young and published by Huffington Post
Alambique - open access journal in science fiction and fantasy
Dr. Juan Carlos Toledano, Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies, is the co-editor of Alambique, a peer-reviewed open-access journal devoted to scholarly research and criticism in the fields of science fiction and fantasy. Alambiqueis the first journal of its kind in the United States. - EVENTS
Past Events
Music Colloquium: Maria Fantinato Geo de Siqueira
Join us on Friday, April 18th for our second colloquium of 2025!
